(But the vehicle shows several weak spots on the front and especially on the sides.)
I want you to challenge your friend to a 1v1, with neither of you knowing where the other is. You’re in your top-tier Leopard/Leclerc/Strv/Abrams with your best ammo, and try to hit those weak spots in the heat of combat.
Even if the rounds penetrate the BMPT-72’s thick armor, at best it will destroy the engine or disable the turret rotation. In some rare cases ( very rare ) you might get lucky and damage a few more components… but without actually killing the BMPT.
This vehicle is completely ideologically biased toward Russia. We’re witnessing one of the biggest non-global wars in modern history, and not even the T-90M, which is the backbone of modern Russia, is surviving against basic RPGs or Javelins let alone shots from older Abrams versions. We even have videos of an M3A3 Bradley beating the hell out of a T-90M.
So I honestly ask you, the player: why make the pack you bought from another nation completely useless at 10.3 / 10.7 / 9.7?
We’ve been reporting balance issues with this vehicle since the day it was added to the game. They barely did anything by increasing it by +0.4… and they clearly don’t want to truly solve the current situation. And do you know why?
Feedback. The more people talk about a vehicle that requires “no skill,” the more players will rush to the shop and buy it while it’s still broken and that means more money in the company’s pocket.
It’s no surprise that out of 400 players queueing, almost 60% are from our beloved Russian nation. They probably saw YouTubers, friends, and other players abusing the vehicle in matches and decided not to fall behind, choosing to support a massive mistake, which is this vehicle.
We’re completely screwed. On one side, you have players who bought it and see no problem, claiming the vehicle is perfectly fine (of course it is for them it’s perfect, since they become immortal and get nukes 7 minutes into the match). On the other side, you have players who bought packs or are playing top-tier tech tree vehicles at 9.7 / 10.3 / 10.7 and simply can’t do anything against it.
I strongly advise players to completely abandon the BRs mentioned above so that something is actually done not to punish those who bought the BMPT-72, but as a way to push it to 12.0. At least there, we might have a tiny chance to land a second shot if we’re lucky, though it still wouldn’t change much, since its armor tanks missiles with over 1,200mm of penetration and it even has spall liners that reduce shrapnel.
Good luck to those who choose to stay in these BRs. I’ll be abandoning them as a form of protest until this situation is fixed.